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This folder contains 8 issues of newsletter (October 1964-December 1965, one issue from 1966) originating from the Mt. Zion Freedom School, Benton County, Mississippi. Once written by freedom school students, the newsletter soon published everyone in the community. This newsletter shows that the influence of the freedom schools continued for at least another year, and also that segregation persisted as well, since in December 1964, there were still no blacks registered to vote in the county.

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A black and white drawing showing an integrated group of children holding hands atop a globe with Mississippi highlighted. Used as the cover of a newsletter with the title, 'Benton County Freedom Train'.

State

Mississippi

Place

Benton County

Subject

children

Event Date

1964-10-06

Year

1964

Month

October

Day

06

Page Text

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Published by Tne eitlz.ens~of
Benton County, Mississippi.
Beulah Mae Ayers, editor
OCTOBER
'Mt's that Freedom Train a^coni
Get on board, set on board."
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COME, LET U3 BUILD A NEW WORLD TSGETHER

Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited.